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Jackson Park, Chicago, IL

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Jackson Park

Stroll the lagoons and Japanese garden on Wooded Island, swim at two Lake Michigan beaches and find relics of the 1893 World's Fair.

6401 S. Stony Island Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 · Chicago, IL

About Jackson Park

Jackson Park covers 551 acres of lakefront on Chicago's South Side, laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and rebuilt in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition. Mementos of the fair remain, including a one-third-size Statue of The Republic and the Museum of Science and Industry. Wooded Island in the lagoon holds a Japanese garden. The park also has the 57th Street and 63rd Street beaches, three harbors and an 18-hole golf course. It is open daily from 6 am to 11 pm.

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  • #lakefront
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  • #japanese garden
  • #world's fair history

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The closest stops to Jackson Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums
    Iconic

    Barack Obama Presidential Center

    $25–$50

    Tour four floors of exhibits on the Obama family, including an Oval Office replica, then walk the free campus in Jackson Park.

    0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Garden of the Phoenix

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    A Japanese stroll garden on the Wooded Island in Chicago's Jackson Park, created as a gift between the United States and Japan.

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  • Sports & Outdoors
    History Buff

    Midway Plaisance

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    Walk the mile-long park where the 1893 World's Fair put the first Ferris wheel, then see Lorado Taft's Fountain of Time at the west end.

    0.7 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Oak Woods Cemetery

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    Pay respects at the South Side graves of Jesse Owens, Ida B. Wells, Harold Washington and Enrico Fermi, and see the Civil War Confederate Mound.

    0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Museums
    Family Favorite

    Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

    $25–$50

    Descend into a coal mine, board a captured WWII U-boat, and geek out in the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors
    History Buff

    Washington Park

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    Stroll an Olmsted and Vaux park on Chicago's South Side to see Lorado Taft's Fountain of Time and visit the DuSable Museum.

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